No Easy Decision will air tomorrow night on MTV at 11:30 EST, and will profile three young women’s stories about their decision to have an abortion. It’s incredibly rare that abortion is depicted in a realistic way on television (or, I should say, it’s rare that the issue is televised at all) so I’m really looking forward to seeing how MTV represents these young women’s stories.
Exhale, a self-proclaimed “pro-voice” organization that provides nonjudgmental and emotional post-abortion support, has launched an online campaign, “16 and Loved,” in support of the women telling their stories on the program. (There’s no doubt that anti-choice groups and organizations will be all over this, so any and all support is invaluable.) They’ll be holding a live blog on the night of with our very own Jessica, Lynn Harris and others involved, and are encouraging folks to also live tweet the show (make sure to follow @ExhaleProVoice and use hashtags #16andloved and #provoice). You can join the actual campaign and RSVP to the watch-in event on Facebook here.

Let’s hope this special serves as a way for us to not only destigmatize abortion, but more importantly, to let all teens with unintended pregnancies know that they’re loved — no matter what.

The latest undercover “sting” video seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood is here. In this selectively edited video, a group called the Center for Medical Progress charges that the reproductive health clinics are “selling” fetal tissue and organs.

The person behind the Center for Medical Progress, a group of self-described “citizen journalists” monitoring medical ethics which didn’t seem to be doing much until it launched its “investigation” into Planned Parenthood, is the former research director for Live Action, the anti-choice group that put out similarly misleading videos targeting the organization over sex-selective abortions and sex-trafficking.

The latest undercover “sting” video seeking to discredit Planned Parenthood is here. In this selectively edited video, a group called the Center for Medical Progress charges that the reproductive health clinics are “selling” fetal tissue and organs.

The myth that abortion causes mental health problems should have been long sinceput to restat this point. But in case you needed yet more evidence that those anti-choice signs insisting that “women DO regret abortion” are full of it, here’s some.

According to a new study that tracked hundreds of women who had abortions, more than 95 percent of participants reported that ending a pregnancy was the right decision for them. Feelings of relief outweighed any negative emotions, even three years after the procedure.

Researchers examined both women who had first-trimester abortions and women who had procedures after that point (which are often characterized as “late-term abortions”). When it came to ...

The myth that abortion causes mental health problems should have been long sinceput to restat this point. But in case you needed yet more evidence that those anti-choice signs insisting ...